The season of craft fairs, teas and sales is almost upon us! We hope you can join us at some of the lovely events that welcome the coming winter season. Handmade, local, delicious, and inspiring, here are some of the spots where you’ll see us this season:

It’s the height of summer here on the island of Newfoundland. Wild roses bloom and everything is flourishes under an endless blue sky.

Lupins, roses and other beauties.

With summer, comes visitors and you’ll find us engaging with them at the Quidi Vidi Village Plantation , demonstrating and, it’s hoped, selling pottery. Erin will maintain a studio space at “the Plant” until end of 2016, where she’s currently senior craftsperson/mentor to the other emerging artists who occupy the beautiful building in magical Quidi Vidi Village.

Small $20 pot and a pair of barnacle clams.

Drop by, if you’re in the area! Hours at Quidi Vidi are 11-5, Tuesday to Saturday, and 11:30-4 on Sundays. Closed Mondays.

NOVEMBER 7th – St. John’s Farmers’ Marketat the Lion’s Club off Allandale. Drop in for gorgeous local produce and other treats to bring home.

NOVEMBER 11th – NOVEMBER 15th – The 42nd Annual Craft Council of NL Christmas Craft Fair at the Jack Byrne Arena *great new location!* This is THE craft fair to get to, if you love well-made things. It’s our 14th year at the Craft Fair, and we too, get a lot of Christmas shopping done here!

NOVEMBER 28th – Christmas Fun at Quidi Vidi Christmas arrives in Quidi Vidi; a lovely day of food, socializing and crafts from the emerging craftspeople of the Quidi Vidi Village Plantation and other local craftspeople.

DECEMBER 11th – 13th – The Anna Templeton Tea and SaleOur favourite sale of the year; all kinds of delicious baking, lunch; the Christmas season really begins here for us.

DECEMBER 19th – St. John’s Farmers’ Market The last market of the season! Always a good time – all kinds of good things to eat and take home, some last minute gifts and a lot of good cheer.

Visit us and the other artist and crafts people, this Saturday, May 2nd at Rocket Bakery . It’s one part of a flurry of activities we call May Day Craft Weekend. Click here for a full listing of events.

Saturday, April 25th from 10 am until 4 pm, we’ll be at Some Good Market in St. Thomas’ Church Hall on Military Road. It’s always a great craft/food market, filled with beauty and deliciousness. Everything is made, built, baked, sewn, knitted or somehow created by people who live right here.

Visiting Some Good Market in St. John’s

We hope you’ll drop in for a visit! And bring a non-perishable food item for the food bank.

There’s always something good to eat, and plenty of gift ideas for Mother’s Day, birthdays, or the coming wedding season. Or just treat yourself to something sweet.

There’s a lot of snow on the ground in Newfoundland, but spring is just around the corner. For many of us craftspeople who sell work to shops, it’s a busy time. This weekend is the Provincial Wholesale Craft Show, where we meet with buyers from around Newfoundland & Labrador to take orders for the coming summer season. It’s social as well as work, since most of us work in relative solitude and welcome the chance to see what everyone’s been doing.

The weather has made outdoor firing a next to impossible task, but luckily we have enough inventory of samples to entice buyers into our booth.

Until warmer times, here’s a picture of spring in Terra Nova; it will come eventually.

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. ~ Khalil Gibran